Nunavut to release climate-change adaptation plan

July 30 - The Nunavut government is expected to release its strategy this fall on how it plans to deal with the effects of climate change.
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Aboriginal Health Care Conference:Challenges, Issues and Advances in Cross-Cultural Care -Ontario’s Aboriginal Experience

July 30 - This conference will explore the latest challenges, solutions and best practices in Aboriginal health care across the province. Building on the success of last year’s program, Building Collaborative Partnerships for Health Prosperity, this year’s event will highlight innovations developed to improve the health status of Aboriginal peoples.
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Elders, scientists talk climate change

July 30 - IQALUIT - With the mercury pushing far past 20 C and into record-breaking territory, the Planning for Climate Change Symposium in Iqaluit took on added significance.
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Paddle to Quw'utsun 2008 Tribal Journeys Canoe Voyage

July 28 - First launched in 1989 as a celebration of Indigenous peoples' highly sophisticated relationship with the ocean, Tribal Journeys is one of the most prominent cultural events associated with the North American Indigenous Games. The largest-ever Tribal Journeys Canoe Voyage is set to mark the beginning of the 2008 North American Indigenous Games.
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Dialing in on health

July 28 - NUNAVUT - Next spring, three unique television shows on Inuit health will be broadcast live around the territory, and viewers will be able to call in with their concerns.
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Government of Canada Partners with the Kee-Way-Win First Nation on New Water Treatment Plant

July 24 - The Honourable Chuck Strahl, Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development and Federal Interlocutor for Métis and Non-Status Indians, today announced the grand opening of a water treatment plant in the Kee-way-win First Nation.
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Feds putting $100-million towards Sask. First Nations family services

July 23 - The federal government will spend $105 million to help reduce the number of Saskatchewan aboriginal children in foster homes.
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Province gets $10.2M for aboriginal services

July 23 - Halifax - Nova Scotia is getting $10.2 million over five years from the federal government to provide better community services to First Nations communities.
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Native Women's Association of Canada : Walk for Missing Sisters in Saskatchewan

July 23 - Ottawa - All this week people from across Saskatchewan will be taking part in the Walk for Missing Sisters to raise awareness for missing Aboriginal women, children and men. Beverley Jacobs, President of the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), will be joining Herb and Pauline Muskego in this final annual walk dedicated to their daughter, Daleen Kay Bosse Muskego, missing since May 18, 2004.
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An Island First Nation's small nutrition miracle

July 22 - By 2010, the Canadian Diabetes Association estimates a cost of $15.6 billion to the health-care system. But, thanks to the determined work of a Métis physician and a small First Nations band at Alert Bay, a year-long experiment featuring a fat-and-protein based traditional aboriginal diet offers hope that a solution is possible.
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Good luck, native athletes

July 21 - Mi’kmaq athletes from around Nova Scotia were in Halifax on Saturday to receive an official send-off for next month’s North American Indigenous Games in British Columbia.
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Iqaluit study to focus on pregnant smokers

July 21 - Researchers are preparing to start a study in Nunavut's Baffin region to determine why pregnant women smoke, and develop recommendations on how to help them butt out.
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Pine beetle poses threat to native communities

July 13, VANCOUVER - The mountain pine beetle infestation in British Columbia is changing the lives of rural First Nations on a scale not seen for generations of native elders.
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Children's dental surgery backlog

July 13, HAY RIVER - A new funding arrangement soon to be signed by the GNWT and Ottawa will bring children's dental surgery back to Hay River.
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Creating positive change drives NAHO role model

July 10 - A 26-year-old band member of Rainy River First Nation can add another accomplishment to an already lengthy resume. Robert Animikii Horton is one of 12 Aboriginal youth in Canada to be selected as a 2008 National Aboriginal Role Model from the National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO).
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The Paddle of Hope

July 9, 2008 - The Paddle of Hope is an inspiring adventure in support for all of those who are living with cancer.
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Governor General of Canada announces New Appointments to the Order of Canada - Includes Former Chief Victor S. Buffalo Samson Cree Nation

Samson Cree Nation (Alberta) – Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, announced on July 1, 2008 new appointments to the Order of Canada. These appointments were made on the recommendation of the Advisory Council on the Order of Canada. Samson Cree Nation former Chief Victor S. Buffalo will be installed as an “Officer” of the Order of Canada.
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Lavallée named a national Métis role model

A young woman from St. Ambroise with a desire to help others has been awarded the prestigious title of National Aboriginal Role Model.
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New Canadian vessel delivers hope for Arctic

IQALUIT, Nunavut -- Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping's newest vessel, the MV Qamutik, arrived safely in Canada on Canada Day. The MV Qamutik will service the Eastern Arctic under Canadian flag with a Canadian crew, including specially trained local Inuit.
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Peace Paddle Planned For Saturday

July 8 - For the third straight year, West Moberly First Nations Chief Roland Willson and Assembly of First Nations BC Regional Chief Shawn Atleo will be paddling a canoe down the Peace River to try and raise awareness about the Site “C” dam proposal.
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Natural Resources : Unique Agreement will Benefit Lake Koocanusa

July 4 - Cranbrook – The Province, Regional District of East Kootenay (RDEK) and Ktunaxa First Nation have signed an agreement that aims to balance social, cultural, environmental and economic values in the Lake Koocanusa area.
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Journey Strengthens Relationships with Aboriginal Youth

July 3, VANCOUVER – The Province is providing a total of $30,000 to the Pulling Together Canoe Society and Ride With The Tides Productions to strengthen relationships between police, Aboriginal youth and communities and to increase awareness about First Nations cultures, Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation Minister Michael de Jong announced today.
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